Autism & Blue Badge Applications

[SallyBear]

Has anyone been successful in getting a Blue Badge? DS is deaf and Autistic. Getting DLA MR Care and LR Mobility. He is unpredictable and a danger in carparks etc. My LA don't recognise ASD as a disability so any good tips as to how to successfully tackle LA, please??

Sallybear, I will PM you later - remind me if you don't hear from me by tomorrow - on my phone right now and it's a pain writing a proper post but I have experience of this from LA side x

There was a blog from jsdad if I remember correctly, just search the forum for posts by him. Good luck!

I would also be interested in where i am going wrong with my application on behalf of 3yeat ol ds with asd who does not want to walk and has no road sense.Sent in dr letter on appeal but again told as only get mr dla not eligible. Want. to appeal again but not sure what else i can do.
Richmond

I had the same and got turned down for a blue badge and turned down on appeal too despite the support of my GP. x

Thanks Blueshark. I will search for his blog.

Ok. My knowledge of this is a couple of years old but I a friend was a manager processing blue badges at one point and had an application like this.

Basically it is possible for the LA to give it, see here oldmankelv.awardspace.co.uk/blueBadge1.html but they generally speaking will point to the rules which say that the blue badge is awarded for a mobility problem, not a behavioural one.

However, if you can get a paediatrician or other doctor to write a letter which states that your child has a condition which manifests itself in such a way as to cause an inability to walk or difficulty walking then the LA can award the badge. My - er - friend rang up the child's paediatrician (who kept sending in letters about behavioural problems and therefore kept getting the badge turned down) and explained this. He sent in a fax explaining the difficulty walking and lo and behold the LA found it was able to award the badge.

You may need to keep ringing the LA till you find a sympathetic manager who is willing to talk to a doctor in order to get the right words written down, iyswim.

Thank you Goldengreen. Any help at all, is gratefully received!! I am determined to get one, as it will give me peace of mind knowing I can get him in and out of a carpark safely.

Our messages must have crossed Goldengreen! Thank you for the info sheet, I will write a letter and send it to my paediatrician to get her to write something favourable. Fingers crossed!

Thanks also!

I spoke to the DLA yesterday, as we were given our renewal last week. We still get MR Care and NOW get LR Mobility. I told them that I felt that I should have been getting HR Care & Mobility. They have asked me to write a more detailed report to reconsider our award, but felt that as DS is able bodied we won't get HR Mobility. I am going to approach the NAS for help writing this report and my application for a Blue Badge. I fear that I may become a massive Thorn in their Side!!

Good luck Sally and Richmond, hope that you can get a sensible decision!